Catching Up: Capsule Reviews

Exactly what you would expect from this alt-rock outfit. Not as good as “Come Clean”, and I’m disappointed that the radio-friendly “schizophrenic” lyric from Psycho doesn’t actually replace “motherfucking” on the album.

Wonky and weird upon primary inspection, but it gets better after listening to it multiple times. There are a lot of great hooks in these songs. Too bad they’re sometimes pushed into the background in favor of crazy math rock wanderings.

Black death metal? Yes, please! Evil vocals in front of a twitching, writhing mass of kicks-your-ass. The tempos often approach “how fast can we play?” without ever getting there; this is a good thing. This album sounds (to me) like it was mixed perfectly. I don’t have a bad thing to say about it. If death metal’s your thing, buy this now.